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THEA302 Approaches to Creative Arts Performance and Analysis

Updated: 03 May 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 24cp including either MUSI101 or MUSI161 or THEA110 or THEA210
Co-requisites MUSI109 or MUSI162 or THEA111
Restrictions None
Notes

Please read 'About THEA302' at http://www.une.edu.au/arts/theatre/THEA302_about.php prior to enrolling in the unit. This unit is offered each year in Semester 2.
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Susan Fell (sfell@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This is an individual independent study unit designed to encourage the reflective analysis of live performance, either on campus, professionally, or community-based. Students will devise and propose projects requiring 150 hours of research, rehearsal, performance, reflection and analysis, and will complete the project under the supervision of a member of staff.

Students wishing to enrol in THEA302 should be aware that they will need to prepare a detailed proposal and have it approved.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Texts will depend on topic chosen
ISBN: TEXT
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1: Proposal 10% 1000
Assessment Notes
Full outline of project
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-7
Assignment 2: Report 25% 1500
Assessment Notes
Dramaturgical research report
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-7
Assignment 3: Performance 40%
Assessment Notes
Performance and performance documentation (50-75 hours)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-8
Assignment 4: Analytical essay 25% 1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. better understand the connections between theatre theory and performance;
  2. write more reflectively and analytically about dramaturgical, performance and theoretical issues;
  3. enhance and enrich their performance practice through independent reading, research and reflection;
  4. work more independently as performers and researchers;
  5. approach Honours and postgraduate study with a stronger skills base in theory and performance practice.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit provides students with the opportunity to explore an appropriate topic within Theatre Studies or Music in greater detail. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students are required to communicate abstract ideas about their research and hypothetical and actual theatre or music practice to a high level. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students are required to practise information literacy in both their research and the communication of their findings to other students and staff. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The skills required for creative Arts research and practice are generic and encourage lifelong learning in the discipline. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
All theatre and music practice involves solving problems concerned with how to present the work to an audience different from that envisaged by the author/composer. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Representing unusual people and dramatic situations in public almost invariably involves ethical decisions. 		True True True
   

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